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babylonsister

(171,843 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:55 AM Jan 29

Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too 'Educated' About Rights in ICE Round-Ups




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Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too ‘Educated’ About Rights in ICE Round-Ups
NOT FAIR!
“They call it ‘Know Your Rights.’ I call it ‘How to escape arrest,’” whined Tom Homan.
Liam Archacki
Breaking News Intern
Updated Jan. 28 2025 6:16PM EST
Published Jan. 28 2025 6:04PM EST


Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, complained that immigrants in sanctuary cities are “very difficult” to arrest because they are “educated” about their rights when it comes to ICE raids.

Homan, who previously led ICE as its acting director, has made the rounds on media while the president’s effort to round up undocumented immigrants and deport them en masse got underway in major cities such as Chicago and New York since the weekend.

In a Monday appearance on CNN, he complained that “sanctuary cities are making it very difficult to arrest the criminals.”

“For instance, Chicago—very well-educated,“ Homan continued. ”They‘ve been educated on how to how to defy ICE, how to hide from ICE. I‘ve seen many pamphlets from many NGOs: ’Here‘s how you escape ICE from arresting you. Here‘s what you need to do.’"

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Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too 'Educated' About Rights in ICE Round-Ups (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 29 OP
Sticking it to the Man. Hotler Jan 29 #1
"If you're upset that immigrants know their rights, it means you were planning on violating their rights." TubbersUK Jan 29 #2
Hear Freaking Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 29 #20
Awww....poor little fascist Bettie Jan 29 #3
To think you can announce your intents on roundups and have targets not react is pretty stupid. dutch777 Jan 29 #4
"Waaah! They want us to play by the rules !! That's not fair to us! waaah!" . . . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 29 #5
What a fucking ass... 2naSalit Jan 29 #6
There's a hint of the Wiley Coyote around this guy Prairie Gates Jan 29 #7
This guy is really a thug. I get a visceral reaction. Walleye Jan 29 #8
K&R for, 1-Hah!, 2-Surprise he allows any lawful protections UTUSN Jan 29 #9
The only resistance to our new dictatorship that is even marginally successful prodigitalson Jan 29 #10
This is a good idea. travelingthrulife Jan 29 #12
Does this guy beat his wife & kids? n/t Jacson6 Jan 29 #11
Look at his face! Linda ladeewolf Jan 29 #14
They all do n/t durablend Jan 29 #19
Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants SARose Jan 29 #13
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jan 29 #15
The reason republicans want to keep them dumb and ignorant. republianmushroom Jan 29 #16
H-O-M-A-N is a synonym for buttwipe isn't it? NoMoreRepugs Jan 29 #17
Trump hates the 'educated', because he's never read the Constitution NotHardly Jan 29 #18
Hence why the GOP loves the uneducated. Karasu Jan 29 #21

TubbersUK

(1,491 posts)
2. "If you're upset that immigrants know their rights, it means you were planning on violating their rights."
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:59 AM
Jan 29

dutch777

(3,885 posts)
4. To think you can announce your intents on roundups and have targets not react is pretty stupid.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:02 AM
Jan 29

This is more drama and for show than actual productive action. I wonder if they are even getting as many people per day as are still new ones slipping through the border somewhere? As long as immigrants can afford to come in as tourists or on temp work visas and then walk away when the time limits of those visas are up, this is all just an endless cycle. Unless Trump just stops all or at least targeted foreigners from entering, this is a giant exercise in tail chasing.

2naSalit

(95,483 posts)
6. What a fucking ass...
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:23 AM
Jan 29

Assuming that everyone is ignorant, especially those from outside the US.

Walleye

(38,064 posts)
8. This guy is really a thug. I get a visceral reaction.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:29 AM
Jan 29

Oh, and do they think these people they are throwing out won’t come back in at their first opportunity? Exercise in futility, expensive exercise

prodigitalson

(3,044 posts)
10. The only resistance to our new dictatorship that is even marginally successful
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:43 AM
Jan 29

is coming from the citizenry. This story tells me that all of those "don't answer the door" communications are having a positive effect. Gumming up the snitch line by reporting Elon Musk was inspiring too.

SARose

(1,141 posts)
13. Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:38 AM
Jan 29

BY URIEL J. GARCÍA
JAN. 28, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice told immigration attorneys who aid detained immigrants through a federal program to stop providing legal services as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing changes to the immigration system, according to legal aid groups.

“To be told that we can't go in and help people is devastating. More so to the people we're trying to help who are being cut off from the outside world,” said Michael Luken, executive director for Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, the contractor that provides legal services. “We often hear people don't know what's happening or why they are detained: ‘What is going to happen next?’ And we were being stopped from reaching that basic level of orientation.”

The Jan. 22 DOJ memo told legal providers to “stop work immediately” in the four programs that provide legal services to detained immigrants, including the Legal Orientation Program, which Congress has funded since 2003. The other programs include Immigration Court Helpdesk, Counsel for Children Initiative and Family Group Legal Orientation Program.

"This email is to send you notification to stop work immediately pursuant to the Executive Order on the following task orders," the DOJ memo said, according to ABC News, which reported getting access to the memo.

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republianmushroom

(18,746 posts)
16. The reason republicans want to keep them dumb and ignorant.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 01:10 PM
Jan 29

Knowing your rights makes things more difficult for authorities.

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